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Pumpkin Power... New Halloween Freighter Ticket to Ride Train & Station Set

Mon, 01 October 2012 15:28

Frightful pumpkin trains and spooky stations are scheduled to arrive just in time for Halloween with a new add-on for the Ticket to Ride Series - the Halloween Freighter.

This new set of custom-sculpted trains and stations includes 45 new orange-colored Pumpkin Trains and 3 spooky Halloween Stations. It's a Halloween treat for Ticket to Ride fans worldwide that can be used as a replacement train set for any of Ticket to Ride game or map collection.

The Halloween Freighter is a limited edition Train & Station Set and is expected to be available in game stores worldwide the week of Halloween for the expected retail price of $12/¤10.

Re:Pumpkin Power... New Halloween Freighter Ticket to Ride Train & Station Set

Thu, 22 November 2012 21:01

Partnerships is a thing that comes with Asia that allows you to play with six players. You and your partner take 27 trains of the same color (hence 54) and have to try to work together without knowing entiirely what the other player has. You do have a shared area so you both know some of the same information (there a little wooden card holders that you put between you) and you can take actions to put out stuff in that area, but you can't communicate directly about stuff in your hand that they can't see.
It's pretty fun

Re:Pumpkin Power... New Halloween Freighter Ticket to Ride Train & Station Set

Fri, 23 November 2012 07:09

TheLoneGrape wrote on Fri, 23 November 2012 00:01

Partnerships is a thing that comes with Asia that allows you to play with six players. You and your partner take 27 trains of the same color (hence 54) and have to try to work together without knowing entiirely what the other player has. You do have a shared area so you both know some of the same information (there a little wooden card holders that you put between you) and you can take actions to put out stuff in that area, but you can't communicate directly about stuff in your hand that they can't see.
It's pretty fun

Sounds like fun! So the normal sets of trains come with extras? I didn't remember that.

Re:Pumpkin Power... New Halloween Freighter Ticket to Ride Train & Station Set

Sat, 24 November 2012 02:35

Asia comes with 9 extra trains for each color. My comment about the lameness though is that I think if they are going to sell an independent set it would be nice if it was compatible with all the games.

Re:Pumpkin Power... New Halloween Freighter Ticket to Ride Train & Station Set

Fri, 28 December 2012 02:44

Three passengers for TtR:Marklin would have also been nice, though I suppose you could just use the stations as passengers instead (since Marklin doesn't use stations).

I suppose if you were really crafty, you could buy two Halloween Freighter sets (giving you 90 trains and six stations), and then pull pumpkins off of three of the extra trains and glue them onto the tops of the three extra stations to create some creepy pumpkinhead passengers. Then you'd have a set you could use with any of the games.

Re:Pumpkin Power... New Halloween Freighter Ticket to Ride Train & Station Set

Sun, 30 December 2012 08:12

jdarrow001 wrote on Fri, 28 December 2012 05:44

Three passengers for TtR:Marklin would have also been nice, though I suppose you could just use the stations as passengers instead (since Marklin doesn't use stations).

I suppose if you were really crafty, you could buy two Halloween Freighter sets (giving you 90 trains and six stations), and then pull pumpkins off of three of the extra trains and glue them onto the tops of the three extra stations to create some creepy pumpkinhead passengers. Then you'd have a set you could use with any of the games.

That's a fun idea!! I especially like the sound of the creepy passengers!

Re:Pumpkin Power... New Halloween Freighter Ticket to Ride Train & Station Set

Mon, 10 March 2014 22:42

My local game store had these on the shelf for over a year. At first I thought they were silly and pointless, but then I thought, "Sixth color!" I finally bought them last week and sculpted a pumpkin-shaped track marker to use with them; then a friend played them in a TTR: Europe game.

His first pumpkin track was the tunnel from Stockholm to Petrograd--an auspicious start. He won that game with the pumpkins handily, and found them a lot of fun. I think it worked out.